Benefits of A-Kassa and Union membership

when unemployed

I heard this from a friend in sweden, If you have been a member of A-Kassa for more than a year, unemployed person can get a max of around 17K sek from A-Kassa and if that person have been paying union membership fees also, then the max cap will be around 80% of the salary. So Does any unemployed person in sweden, even if he resigns his job on his own and has been paying Union and A-kassa for more than a year would still get 80 percent of his previously paid salary, for 6 months?That is really true?

Be very aware of the conditions. E.g. You will get 80% of your previous salary if your salary is under a maximum threshold. But if your salary is above this threshold, then you will get 80% of the threshold.

Be very aware of the conditions. E.g. You will get 80% of your previous salary if your salary is under a maximum threshold. But if your salary is above this threshold, then yo
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Be very aware of the conditions. E.g. You will get 80% of your previous salary if your salary is under a maximum threshold. But if your salary is above this threshold, then you will get 80% of the threshold.
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... but some unions (not A-kassa) off a top-up insurance either as part of the membership or as a purchase. The "karenstid" (time you need to be insured for before entitled) can be longer than the A-kassa though, I recall one of them being a year. Ie, you can't sign up for it just before losing your job.

Hello Guys,I heard this from a friend in sweden, If you have been a member of A-Kassa for more than a year, unemployed person can get a max of around 17K sek from A-Kassa and
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Hello Guys,

I heard this from a friend in sweden, If you have been a member of A-Kassa for more than a year, unemployed person can get a max of around 17K sek from A-Kassa and if that person have been paying union membership fees also, then the max cap will be around 80% of the salary. So Does any unemployed person in sweden, even if he resigns his job on his own and has been paying Union and A-kassa for more than a year would still get 80 percent of his previously paid salary, for 6 months?That is really true?

Appreciate any response, even short Yes or No, would do
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@ Hatim If i am swedish citizen, salary is above threshold, member of Unionen and resigned the job, after serving 2 months notice period. i will still qualify for the below right?https://www.unionensakassa.se/in-english/

Yes, if you fulfill the conditions, but that's only the basic A-kassa, i.e. it is capped at max 910 kr/day before tax and (a week is 5 days in this context). To be insured at a higher level you need additional income insurance which you pay extra for: https://www.unionen.se/medlemskapet/inkomstforsakring

To be fully insured you thus need to:1. Be a member of an A-kassa (unemployment scheme).2. Be member of a union and have their income insurance.

Ok Thank you!. does it matter if the individual has a company registered on his name?

It can do; if your company is active and you are involved in running it as a main occupation (whether or not profitable) then the answer can be "yes" (since you by definition are not available to work). See here : https://www.unionensakassa.se/forsakringen/foretagare/ . This can get complicated. For example, if you have been running a business as a sideline from a "normal" job that you have lost, and having the sideline hasn't/wouldn't affect your ability to take on a new full-time job, then the answer would be "no".

The opposite is true also - if you have been running [and taking a salary from] a company that becomes insolvent or inactive, then you can try to claim unemployment benefit afterwards based on the income you had as a small business.